January 10th seem to have been an exciting day for Tronics, as more than several announcements were released on the mentioned date, bringing g0ood news for TRON holders.

Alongside getting a new listing on BTEX exchange and gaining support for OKEx PiggyBank and margin trading with new pairs, USDT and BTC, two exchanges shared the news on supporting the upcoming BitTorrent Token (BTT) airdrop.

Judging by BTT whitepaper, 990,000,000,000 BTT units will make a total supply of BitTorrent Token, while TRON holders are eligible to receive BTT units based on their TRX deposits at the time of the announced Airdrop.

Binance, the top exchange in the market by trading volumes according to Coin Market Cap, previously announced that the ICO for BitTorrent Token should gain support from Binance Launchpad, the new hub for pro9minent cryptocurrency projects that is said to support at least one ICO a month in 2019.

Koinex and WazirX Announce Support for the Upcoming BitTorrent Token (BTT) Airdrop

After Binance announced support for BitTorrent Token initial coin offering in one of their latest announcements, Koinex and WazirX exchange platforms followed, stating that Tronics, TRX holders, can expect support during the previously announced BTT airdrop.

Even though the official date when the airdrop should take place is still waiting for confirmation with the airdrop date still unknown, the Indian-based exchanges are the first among exchange markets to state their support for BTT.

BitTorrent Token should be an integral part of the new decentralized version of BitTorrent data sharing platform, where users would be able to use BTT units for purchasing bandwidth for faster downloads.

Users interested in the old version of BitTorrent software for Windows will still be able to share files in accordance with the old policy of one of the oldest and most successful data sharing platforms.

At the same time, BitTorrent Tokens are a part of the vision that TRON foundation, on the head with Justin Sun, has for creating decentralized internet dubbed Web 3.0.

Additionally, Changpeng Zhao from Binance, answered to a curious Twitterati asking if Binance will support the airdrop, that it is only a natural thing that Binance exchange will support the upcoming fork.

Team Behind BitTorrent Token (BTT) Warns on Potential Scams

As the specific date for the BTT airdrop is yet to be announced and confirmed, the team behind BitTorrent Token warned interested parties and investors on the potential scams that can fool TRX holders into believing that the actual airdrop is taking place.

A pinned message on the new BitTorrent Telegram chat clearly states that the BTT sale and airdrop haven’t started yet.

BitTorrent Incorporation will also create and on-chain and off-chain exchange for the upcoming TRC-10 token (BTT) so simple and easy transfers are enabled between the public TRON network and a private ledger with a high performance.

BitTorrent will represent a native token of the BitTorrent sharing platform, also created to be divisible in order to enable sending and receiving of portions of BTT.